After the government officials and everyone from Linlang Consulting had left, Zhou Qi immediately summoned the heads of all departments to the conference room.
Luo Baofeng had made his fortune in the last century. People like him cared about appearances, so the conference room was quite lavish. The wood used for the table was obviously expensive, and the chairs were equally luxurious.
Unfortunately, they were hardwood chairs, which Zhou Qi disliked the most.
"Replace all these chairs with soft ones later," Zhou Qi said.
"Okay..." Secretary Lu Youyou immediately wrote it down in her notebook.
Luo Baofeng had only hired her this year. She had graduated from South China University's Finance Department, had excellent grades, won scholarships every year, and was also very pretty. Her height of 1.65 meters was just right too.
"Wait..." Zhou Qi thought for a moment, then waved his hand. "Forget it. I'm not the Factory Director. I'm only holding this one meeting today. As for the chairs, talk to Yibing..."
"Yes!" Lu Youyou nodded again.
After taking the main seat, Zhou Yibing sat beside him and listened as Lu Youyou introduced the basic situation of Baofeng Pharmaceutical.
"Baofeng Pharmaceutical has fourteen departments in total: Production, Quality Control, Packaging, Transportation, Finance, Sales, Operations, Media, Human Resources, Auditing, Security, Design, Training, and the Research Institute. Operations, Media, and Design share one office and have six employees total. Human Resources staff also handle training, with three employees total. Security staff also handle auditing, with nine employees total. Sales has six employees, Finance has four, and Transportation has twelve. Production, Quality Control, and Packaging are all in the same workshop, with personnel moving between them without fixed assignments. Those three departments also have the most employees. There are currently 433 employees on staff."
"In addition, the factory has two cafeterias, two internet cafes, and a supermarket, all outsourced to outside merchants. The dorm supervisors, cleaners, and other staff are also from labor dispatch companies."
Knock, knock... Someone knocked on the door. The three of them looked up and saw a delicate, beautiful girl standing outside in the same school uniform Wang Xinling had worn, with twin ponytails. Behind her stood two male office drones whose looks were hardly worth mentioning.
"Come in!" Zhou Qi called out, then looked at Lu Youyou. "Introduce them."
"You can introduce yourselves!" Lu Youyou said, turning toward them.
...I told you to introduce them!
But this worked too.
He turned to look at the three. The pretty girl went first.
"Hello, Chairman Zhou. I'm Lu Xiaowan, head of the Media Department."
"Hello, Chairman Zhou. I'm Luo Guangjie, head of the Operations Department."
"Hello, Chairman Zhou. I'm Luo Ming, head of the Design Department."
Their department was closest to the conference room, so they had arrived first.
"What does the Media Department do?" Zhou Qi asked.
"The Media Department is responsible for using the company's self-media accounts across the internet to expand the company's influence and increase potential customers!" Lu Xiaowan hurriedly answered. "At present, our company's accounts have reached 300,000 followers on Douyin, Kuaishou, Xigua, Bilibili, and other platforms. The number is still growing steadily, and we expect to bring considerable traffic to the company..."
"No, we sell medicine. Do we need that?" Zhou Qi asked in astonishment. "We're a B2B company, right..."
"We also have products aimed at consumers, such as digestive tablets, hawthorn pills, Rehmannia pills, and other health supplements. We also sell everyday items like thermometers and night-lights." Lu Xiaowan was speechless. You're the new owner, and you don't know what our company does?
But she had no idea what kind of temperament the new owner had, so she did not dare get too presumptuous and answered honestly.
Zhou Qi lowered his gaze and saw Lu Xiaowan's flesh-colored stockings.
Was she dancing on the company accounts? After all, Teacher Banfo had said that black stockings were humanity's best friend, and the safest way to gain followers for a company account was to dance in stockings.
As if sensing Zhou Qi's gaze, Lu Xiaowan deliberately pulled her legs out from under the chair and crossed them.
Ahem...
Zhou Qi was speechless. I'm not interested in your legs. I just think stockings would probably have quite a market over in One Piece too!
"By the way, what is your relationship with our former Factory Director?" Zhou Qi asked, looking at the two Lus again.
"We're both his nephews..." Luo Guangjie and Luo Ming answered with great difficulty. They had already foreseen their futures, so even answering was hard.
Zhou Qi nodded, then noticed someone else arriving at the door.
"Come in!"
"Chairman Zhou, I'm Xu Shiqin, deputy head of Human Resources." She was a beautiful woman with black-rimmed glasses and an oval face. Judging by her age, she might only have been twenty?
What was up with this company? So many beautiful women. There was something wrong with the Luo family!
"Where's your department head?" Zhou Qi asked.
"Uh, the department head was fired by General Manager Luo this morning!" Thinking that might not be clear enough, Xu Shiqin added, "Director Luo is General Manager Luo's biological younger brother..."
"What relative of General Manager Luo is the head of Finance?" Zhou Qi asked.
"Uh, she's General Manager Luo's wife. She was fired too..." Xu Shiqin answered.
Zhou Qi was speechless. "Fired? Don't tell me there was triple severance too?"
Xu Shiqin forced a smile that looked worse than crying. "It was ten times..."
Luo Baofeng, damn you! You had to screw me out of money before leaving!
"What about you two? Why weren't you fired?" Zhou Qi looked at Luo Baofeng's two nephews.
"Uh..." Luo Ming shook his head. "I don't know..."
"Fine!" Zhou Qi waved his hand. "Xu Shiqin, handle their resignation procedures, then check which employees in the company are related to Luo Baofeng. His aunts, uncles, cousins—anyone even remotely connected to him, send them all packing! Use the standard for exterminating nine generations of a family."
"Uh..." Xu Shiqin was speechless. This was a huge task!
But if he let me handle it, didn't that mean I might have a chance at running Human Resources?
"Also, call the deputy heads of those two departments over for the meeting!"
Luo Guangjie and Luo Ming did not make any threats. They stood up and left with Xu Shiqin. In an instant, only four people remained in the office.
Zhou Qi tapped on the table and looked at Lu Xiaowan again. "You aren't his relative too, are you?"
"Uh, no!" Lu Xiaowan hurriedly shook her head. "I was hired through regular campus recruitment. I have nothing to do with the Luo family."
"Nanan Medical College?" Zhou Qi asked.
"No, Nanhai Media University, Broadcasting and Hosting Department!" Lu Xiaowan said. "There are two other people in my department. They're my junior schoolmates."
Luo Baofeng had wanted to fill that department with his own relatives too, but nobody in his family understood that sort of work.
"I see..." Zhou Qi nodded. "But the company might not need this department in the future..."
"Ah?" Lu Xiaowan's face immediately became aggrieved. Ten minutes ago, she had still been dancing and recording videos. Ten minutes later, she was hearing that she might lose her job?
This was too miserable. No, please! I just bought an iPhone 13 on installments, and I still owe over twenty thousand on Huabei.
"The company's operating focus and direction will change in the future. Those digestive tablets and hawthorn products you mentioned, um..." Seeing Lu Xiaowan's aggrieved expression and watery eyes, he unexpectedly felt a little reluctant.
No, was this what they meant by heroes falling for beautiful women? What Media Department? Don't ruin my big plans. I need to keep a low profile!
"Are the snacks you mentioned tasty?"
Lu Xiaowan had been waiting for her sentence, but instead he had raised the issue heavily and set it down lightly. In an instant, she felt as though she had been reborn and quickly nodded hard. "They're tasty, very tasty! The Design Department spent a long time researching the flavors before settling on them. They sell very well online. Would you like to try some?"
"Then let's try them. Bring plenty over. Everyone at the meeting gets a share!"
"Yes!"
Zhou Qi turned to Zhou Yibing. "I think this Media Department is pretty suitable for stuffing people into. There are snacks too. What do you think?"
"I understand!" Brother Bing patted Zhou Qi on the shoulder. "I like looking at pretty girls too, but before you get carried away, you should think about that Okinawa girl who came all the way to find you..."
"Your sister. I already told you, she's just a friend..."
"If you fall for my sister, I don't mind. As long as you're not afraid your mom will break your legs..."
Zhou Qi wanted to roll his eyes.
Just then, Lu Xiaowan came in carrying a bag of hawthorn slices. Behind her were a man and a woman. The man wore glasses and spoke softly, with a bit of a pretty-boy air. The girl might not even have been 1.50 meters tall, equally petite and delicate.
This Media Department was a little terrifying. Their looks were threatening mine!
Zhou Qi tore open the bag and pinched out a slice, but quickly changed from pinching to grabbing. He grabbed a huge handful and stuffed it into his mouth.
He had wanted to eat them like this for a long time, but he had been too poor before and could not afford it. Now, he had finally gotten his wish.
Tsk, they really were tasty!
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